A moderate typhoon was set to slam into the Pacific coast of central Japan Tuesday, threatening to bring heavy rainfall, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Typhoon Maria, packing winds of up to 108 kilometers (68 miles) per hour, was located in the northwestern Pacific some 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Japan's main island of Honshu at mid-morning, the agency said.
It was moving northwest at a speed of 72 kilometers (45 miles) per hour and expected to make landfall on the Pacific coast late Tuesday, the agency said, forecasting 35 centimeters (14 inches) of rain in 24 hours in the area.
Two other typhoons were also travelling near Japan. Saomai was on course to hit the southern island chain of Okinawa and Bopha was heading toward Taiwan by sideswiping the southern part of Okinawa, the agency said.
The typhoons are separate from powerful Prapiroon, which has killed at least 80 people and sent some 7,000 buildings collapsing after smashing last week into China's southern Guangdong province.
